Samsung (News - Alert) Electronics Co., Ltd. and GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced a new
strategic collaboration to deliver global capacity for 14 nanometer (nm)
FinFET process technology. For the first time, the industry's most
advanced 14nm FinFET technology will be available at both Samsung and
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, giving customers the assurance of supply that can only
come from true design compatibility at multiple sources across the
globe. The new collaboration will leverage the companies' worldwide
leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing capabilities, with volume
production at Samsung's fabs in Hwaseong, Korea and Austin, Texas, as
well as GLOBALFOUNDRIES' fab in Saratoga, New York.

Developed by Samsung and licensed to GLOBALFOUNDRIES, the 14nm FinFET
process is based on a technology platform that has already gained
traction as the leading choice for high-volume, power-efficient
system-on-chip (SoC) designs. The platform taps the benefits of
three-dimensional, fully depleted FinFET transistors to overcome the
limitations of planar transistor technology, enabling up to 20 percent
higher speed, 35 percent less power and 15 percent area scaling over
industry 20nm planar technology.

The platform is the first FinFET technology in the foundry industry to
provide true area scaling from 20nm. The technology features a smaller
contacted gate pitch for higher logic packing density and smaller SRAM
bitcells to meet the increasing demand for memory content in advanced
SoCs, while still leveraging the proven interconnect scheme from 20nm to
offer the benefits of FinFET technology with reduced risk and the
fastest time-to-market.

Through this multi-year exclusive technology license, process design
kits (PDKs) are available now, allowing customers to start designing
with models, design rule manuals, and technology files that have been
developed based on silicon results from 14nm FinFET test chips. Mass
production for the 14nm FinFET technology will begin at the end of 2014.

"This unprecedented collaboration will result in a global capacity
footprint for 14nm FinFET technology that povides AMD (News - Alert) with enhanced
capabilities to bring our innovative IP into silicon on leading-edge
technologies," said Lisa Su, senior vice president and general manager
of Global Business Units at AMD. "The work that GLOBALFOUNDRIES and
Samsung are doing together will help AMD deliver our next generation of
groundbreaking products with new levels of processing and graphics
capabilities to devices ranging from low-power mobile devices, to
next-generation dense servers to high-performance embedded solutions."

"This strategic collaboration extends the value proposition of a single
GDSII multi-sourcing to the FinFET nodes. With this true multi-source
platform, Samsung and GLOBALFOUNDRIES have made it easy for fabless
semiconductor companies to access FinFET technology and increase
first-time silicon success," said Dr. Stephen Woo, president of System
LSI Business, Device Solutions Division, Samsung Electronics. "Through
this collaboration, we are advancing the foundry business and support
model to satisfy what customers have been asking for."

"Today's announcement is further proof of the importance of
collaboration to enable continued innovation in semiconductor
manufacturing," said GLOBALFOUNDRIES CEO Sanjay Jha (News - Alert). "With this
industry-first alignment of 14nm FinFET production capabilities, we can
offer greater choice and flexibility to the world's leading fabless
semiconductor companies, while helping the fabless industry to maintain
its leadership in the mobile device market."

About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in technology, opening
new possibilities for people everywhere. Through relentless innovation
and discovery, we are transforming the worlds of�TVs, smartphones,
tablets, PCs, cameras, home appliances, printers, LTE (News - Alert) systems, medical
devices, semiconductors and LED solutions. We employ 286,000 people
across 80 countries with annual sales of US$216.7 billion. To discover
more, please visit www.samsung.com.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES is the world's first full-service semiconductor foundry
with a truly global footprint. Launched in March 2009, the company has
quickly achieved scale as the second largest foundry in the world,
providing a unique combination of advanced technology and manufacturing
to more than 160 customers. With operations in Singapore, Germany and
the United States, GLOBALFOUNDRIES is the only foundry that offers the
flexibility and security of manufacturing centers spanning three
continents. The company's three 300mm fabs and five 200mm fabs provide
the full range of process technologies from mainstream to the leading
edge. This global manufacturing footprint is supported by major
facilities for research, development and design enablement located near
hubs of semiconductor activity in the United States, Europe and Asia.
GLOBALFOUNDRIES is owned by the Advanced Technology Investment Company
(ATIC). For more information, visit http://www.globalfoundries.com.